Combined double and single seated sleigh



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W. H. & 0. STEINBREOHER.

COMBINED DOUBLE AND SINGLE SEATBD SLEIGH.

No. 335,649. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

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W. H. 80 G. STEINBREOHER.

COMBINED DOUBLE AND SINGLE SEATED SLEIGH.

No. 335,649. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

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I WILLIAM H. STEINBREOHER AND CHARLES STEINBREGHER, OF DETROIT,

MICHIGAN.

COMBINED DOUBLE AND SINGLE SEATED SLEIGIH.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 335,649, datedFebruary 9, 1886.

Application filed September 28, 1885. Serial No. 178,411. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it mag concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. STEIN- LBREOHER and CHARLESSTEINBREOHER, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at Detroit, inthe county of IVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Combined Single and Double Seated Sleighs;and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention in sleighs relates to the construction of the seat of 21.Portland sleigh so that it may be divided and adjusted to form twoseats, or closed up, forming but one seat, so that an ordinary sleighmay be changed from a single to a two seated sleigh, as desired; and ourinvention consists in the general arrangement of parts, as hereinafterset forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forminga part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective as singleseated. Fig. 2 is a perspective of same as atwo-seated sleigh. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 2, showingby dotted lines the front seat dropped. Fig. 4 is an enlarged bottomview of front seat and attaching-irons. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail.

B B are the usual sides of the sleigh; f, tilting foot-rail; R, theusual rail or bottom support of body.

The body of the sleigh and its runninggear we form in the usual way, andneed not be herein described; but the parts A. A, which form usuallyasingle seat,we have cut or formed of two parts, so as to be broughttogether to form a single seat, as shown in Fig. 1, or separated andforced from each other, as shown in Fig. 2, thus forming two seats bymoving the part A partially back of the rear end of the sleigh andadvancing the part A toward the dash D", as shown in Fig. 2, forming thetwo seats m and 2, having ample room between them.

To the under face of the rear seat, near each end, we attach, crossingthe same, a metal arm,

h, having the rear end bent down, forming a lug, T, which meet the siderails of the sleighbody, preventing end movement of the seat. Theforward ends of the arms are rounded and bent outward or. from eachother, forming 5 guide-pins a", as shown in Fig. 5. On the inner face,at the top of the sides 13 B, we attach a slotted metal plate, I, (seeFig. 3,) having a longitudinal slot, 0, and vertical openings it,leading into said slot. The pins a a of the arms h h are fitted into andwork in the openings (it i as shown in Fig. 3. When the part forming therear seat is drawn back, as shown in Fig. 3, the pins a a" limit itsbackward movement, and when the seat is back, as shown 6 in Figs. 2 and3, the pins enter the rear slots '6, locking the seat in position. Tomove said seat forward, as shown in Fig. 1, it is slightly tiltedforward until the pins are out of the vertical slots, when it isadvanced until the 0 pins (1" a strike the front shoulder of the slots 0of the plates P P, when the pins enter the forward vertical slots t,thus locking the seat forward. As the seat is moved back and for- Ward,the depending lugs r 1', pressing against the side rails of the body,guide the seat.

To the bottom at of the front seat we attach two metal boxes, 9 throughwhich passes loosely the horizontal shaft B. The ends of the shaft arebent toward each other at right an- 8c gles to the shaft, forming thelegs at a. Said legs at the lower end are bent forward, and arepivotally attached at e to the bottom rail, R, of the sleigh-body, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Extending from the legs a n to the shaft s13 are braces b b. The legs, braces, and shaft are formed integral, andupon these parts the front seat is mounted, and is carried backward andforward.

To the rear outer corners of the front seat and 011 the under side ofthe bottom we anchor the plates (Z (I, each having a depending lug, a,as clearly shown in Fig. 4. Said lugs, when the seat is moved forward,drop into engaging-holes in the upper face of the rail sup- 5 portingthe seat, as shown by dots at e of Fig.

2, and when moved back they drop into the holes shown by dots at e ofsame figure.

D represents the back of the back seat, and C the back of the frontseat, which is made detachable, it being se'cured to the end portionsforming the front seat by means of a hook or button at 12, (see Fig. 2,)and when the seats are formed together, forming but one,

the back (3 is detached from the position of Fig. 2, and attached to andover the back D at o of Fig. 1, the offset or projection t fitting overthe top of the back D, which supports it. The form of the end portions,A A, is such that when joined together they appear to represent the endof an ordinary single seat, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully set forth our present invention, what we claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the body ofa sleigh, a seatmounted thereon havinga central 1ongit'udinal division, one part adapted to be moved rearwardover the back of the box, the other part adapted to be moved forward,forming two seats, said parts also adapted to be inoved toward eachother, joining as a single seat, as and for the purposes set forth.

D, and detachable back 0, as and forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. STEINBREOHER. CHARLES STEINBREOHER.

\Vitnesses:

R. B. \VHE LER, EDWARD M. HoLMEs.

